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Here's a recent quote from JW on the electronics: "The biggest thing was Lowrance Active Target. This year I swapped from Garmin [LiveScope] to Active Target. I would jump in the boat with Hunter Shryock last fall and saw some things I thought were better than Garmin – that's why I swapped. > "I feel like I can see fish further with Active Target. I can see fish 100+ feet away from me – that's a huge deal when you're talking about 1-2 more fish, especially 3+ lb smallmouth. For isolated fish like that it was a huge deal. > "...Active Target 98% of time and [Humminbird Mega] 360 the other 2%...."

You guys keep this walleye talk up and it will get me heading over to the bait shop to get some worms. I rather get some bull gills on the worms, getting an eye or two would be a bonus.

Cool, hope you can make it. I'll get a food thread going in a bit, thought I would wait until we get inside 2 months before starting that one.

I haven't been myself in a while, but was thinking along the same lines, jigs and drop shot deep. I'll be very interested to hear how you do.

All those schools of 8 lbers swimming in Beardsley would finish off 50,000 fingerlings in a flash.

That's pretty neat, hope one of those 30 lbers pays you a visit.

Nice one!

Didn't know they now do ankle replacements. One of mine is a little messed up, not so bad that I'd want a replacement (yet).

I read somewhere that the operation is financed by some billionaire as a kind of fun science project thing.

That is one thing I have noticed watching the pro's, they can break some rods. I'm speculating that it is because they all seem to use braid and that stuff is unforgiving.

Wheeler does it again. I wish there would've been a couple of guys that were close at the end just for the competitiveness of a close finish, this was a bit of a snoozer.

Wheeler is building a solid lead.

Well here is what I got today in a pop-up. Has Billethead written all over it. @BilletHead Of course, Marty could make his own coyote hat, which would beat paying the $429 Cabelas price tag.

Did you fish with a guide, or was it a do it yourself deal?

I would be interested to hear how your salmon fishing turns out. Hopefully you all get into them!

I would not count out Ott DeFoe in this one either.

Caught a few in New England years ago and never anywhere near that big. One of my buddies had a Portuguese grandfather that used to fish the Charles river for them. He and his buddies from the old country would fish for them late in the fall at night and did quite well. Eel is a traditional Portuguese Christmas time meal, at least that's the way I remember it.

I like those Photarium boxes, makes for some great fish pics.

I've caught these boys in the salt water and in rivers, but never in the Great Lakes. Going to have to go up there one of these days and fish for them. Teen catches 47.86-pound Chinook salmon, besting Michigan record that has stood since 1978 Updated Aug 07, 9:22 PM; Posted Aug 07, 9:06 PM Luis R. Martinez, 19, holds the 47.86-pound, 47.5-inch Chinook salmon he caught the morning of Aug. 7, 2021, near Ludington.

100 lbs, 31 fish, which is a little over a 3 lb. average. Finale tomorrow.

Big ol' eel. Ripley County angler swipes rare state record for American eel Carlin Allison of Doniphan got a surprise when he reeled in a 6-pound, 15-ounce eel on the Current River. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) congratulates Carlin Allison of Doniphan on a rare feat – catching a state record American eel. Allison was catfishing on the Current River July 26 when he reeled in the 6-pound, 15-ounce eel on his pole-and-line. This makes the ninth state record fish recorded in 2021. “I was using skipjack bait, and originally thought I was pulling in a catfish,” recalled Allison. “My buddy and I were out at about 3 that morning, so it was dark outside and I couldn’t see that well, but it put up one heck of a fight!” Allison said he was about to cut the line after finding the eel at the end, but his friend immediately stopped him. “I didn’t know what to do with it, but my buddy stopped me and said, ‘Hey, that’s a big eel, hold on!’,” he said. “Sure enough, we looked it up online and it was obvious it was bigger than what was listed.” The eel was weighed on a certified scale in Doniphan. The previous record as a 4-pound, 8-ounce eel caught on the Meramec River in 1993. The American eel is listed as a Species of Conservation Concern in Missouri and is an uncommon catch, but probably occurs occasionally in every large stream in the state. American eels control aquatic insects, crayfish and other fish, and they serve as prey to other predators. American eel is defined as Other fish and harvest is regulated under the Wildlife Code of Missouri. All eels in Missouri are female. Male eels spend their entire adult lives in estuaries along the coast; only females migrate to inland waters. Most of the female’s adult life occurs in freshwater. Eels then migrate to breed in the Atlantic Ocean south of Bermuda. It is assumed adult eels breed once, then die. Missouri’s eel population lives mainly in deep pools around cover, such as logs and boulders, in moderate-to-large Missouri streams and rivers. The state’s eel population has been reduced by large dams, which restrict its ability to migrate. “I knew we had eel in Missouri, but never that big,” Allison said. “I really don’t know how to feel about holding this state record. I guess I’ve got bragging rights!”

Great trip!

Another bad lighter joke.

I'll take gill fillets over crappie fillets.